A news posting on the Creative Commons website has revealed Sergey Brin, and his wife Anne Wojcicki, have made a very large gift contribution to the nonprofit corporation.

Sergey already indirectly contributes regularly to Creative Commons through Google, but this latest gift of $500,000 is separate and will be put towards supporting the Science Commons initiative which is described as trying to make the web work for science the way it currently does for culture. In other words, get the data scientists need access to in a single place that is easily accessible. The video above gives more information about Science Commons.

The reason for the contribution and the size of it has not been explained by Sergey or Anne, but the Creative Commons suggests that it is currently very difficult for it to get the funding it needs due to the economic situation around the world. This gift could be in response to that and the important role Creative Commons continues to play when it comes to licensing and the ease with which information and work can be shared with others.